Happy New Year, everyone! New year, new Red Wings, which probably will actually be the same old Red Wings because time is a flat circle.
The broadcast started out praising Johnny Gaudreau’s incredible December, but the Flames got a stellar chance about three minutes in when Sean Monahan passed to Elias Lindholm right in front of Jimmy Howard. Lindholm made a couple of dekes to try and freeze Howard, but the newest All-Star stayed with him and Lindholm flung the puck wide. This just in: teams have more than one player, so hopefully the Wings’ entire strategy wasn’t focusing on neutralizing Gaudreau.